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Originally Posted by bhoutreach
Prov 22:28
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
I find it interesting that many after being blessed by finding the Truth, begin to seek ways to change what they have received.
Men and women before us understood the strength in Holiness, both inside and out. They were wise enough to know that the NEW BIRTH experience was just the beginning. Men were to dress like men and women like women. Because this was right in the eyes to the LORD. And still is. Men and women were to dress modestly and still should. Uncut hair on a women was her covering and showed her submission to her head and long hair on a man was a shame and still is.
Just because culture changes it's view does not mean the church should or that GOD has.
I am progressive in the sense that I believe we should change our methods for reaching the world in need. I am an old time preacher in the sense that I do not believe we should ever change our MESSAGE, any of it.
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Just because we walked into a church, or grew up in a church.
Does not mean, that everything we were taught was essential, to the salvation message.
In my church today, women do dress like women and men like men.
The interesting thing, the women do not look 20 years older than their age.
They have a youthful and spiritual glow about them.
They have not lost their travailing prayers, and their spiritual countenance is alive.
I remember the 40 years spent thinking, that every woman needed to look like a portait of the "Mona Lisa".
My thoughts are we can celebrate those who hold onto standards and those who don't.
But we should drop the label of "Holiness Standards". They should be labeled "Standards of Penance".